২০১৫ সালের এসএসসি পরীক্ষা: বিশেষ প্রস্তুতি ৫০ ইংরেজি ২য় পত্র

Speech change
প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী, আজ ইংরেজি ২য় পত্রের ৫ নং প্রশ্ন অর্থাত্ Speech change নিয়ে আলোচনা করব। এই প্রশ্নে direct speech-এ একটি প্যাসেজ দেওয়া থাকবে। প্যাসেজটিকে তোমরা indirect speech-এ পরিবর্তন করবে। এর জন্য নম্বর থাকবে ৫।
Rewrite the following passage into indirect speech.
41.
Direct Speech : Suddenly a voice called out, “Good morning, gentlemen. Where are you going and what are you doing here?” “Oh, nowhere and nothing.” “But you look so pensive, why?” “Yes, you are right. We are looking for something,” replied the six blind men. “Who are you, sir?”
Indirect Speech : Suddenly a voice called out addressing as gentlemen and wished them good morning. Then he asked where they were going and what they were doing there. They exclaimed that they were going nowhere and they were doing nothing. Then the voice said that they looked very pensive and asked the reason there of. The six blind men agreed with the voice and told that he was right. They added that they were looking for something. They respectfully asked him who he was.
42.
Direct Speech : Returning home my father said to me, “Your progress is very slow. You are always seen with a group of friends. You are idling away time with them. Can’t you be more serious? Remember, if you fail in the coming examination, I will stop paying your tuition fees.”
Indirect Speech : Returning home my father told me that my progress was very slow. He added that I was always seen with a group of friends. He further told that I was idling away time with them. He asked me if I could not be more serious. He told me to remember if I failed in the coming examination, he would stop paying my tuition fees.
43.
Direct Speech : “Porter, you may go,” said the mistress of the house, laughing. “You have gained your freedom.” “By Allah,” he replied, “I will not heave this house until I have heard the stories of my companions.”
Indirect Speech : The mistress of the house told the porter laughing that he might go as he had gained his freedom. Swearing by Allah, the porter replied that he would not leave the house till he had heard the stories of his companions.
44.
Direct Speech : “Alas!” said Miranda, “do not work so hard, my father is at his studies. You are safe for these three hours; pray rest yourself.” “O my dear lady,” said Ferdinand, “I dare not. I must finish my task before I take my rest.”
Indirect Speech : Miranda exclaimed with sorrow and requested Ferdinand not to work so hard because her father was at his studies. She added the he (F) was safe for three hours. She requested him to rest himself. Addressing Miranda as his dear lady, Ferdinand replied that he dared not. He added that he had to finish his task before he took his rest.
45.
Direct Speech : Shaon said to Shejan. “Why are you late for school every day?” “I can’t get up early in the morning. So I don’t have enough time to be ready for school,” he replied. “How lazy you have grown!” she said. “If you don’t change your habit, you’ll be a cause of sorrow to your parents.”
Indirect Speech : Shaon asked Shejan why he was late for school every day. Shejan replied that he could not get up early in the morning and so he did not have enough time to be ready for school. Shaon exclaimed with sorrow that he had grown very lazy. She added that if he did not change the habit, he would be a cause of sorrow to his parents.
46.
Direct Speech : “Do you know why you are sent to school?” “For playing with friends, father.” “No, you are sent to learn to read and write.” “But I won’t read and write”, replied Jack sulkily. “Yes, you will.”
Indirect Speech : Father asked Jack if he knew why he was sent to school. Jack replied to his father that he was sent to school for playing with friends. Father replied in the negative that he was sent to learn to read and write. But Jack replied sulkily that he would not read and write. Father insisted that he would read and write.
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